Weight loss impact

[Goals1]

I remember reading that for every pound you lose it is the equivalent of 4 pounds of impact on your knees. Is this true?

I have started doing the recommended NHS knee strength exercises and am wondering how long it will be b4 they take effect.

I am keen to protect my knees as they have always been my weak spot in any sport I have participated in since childhood

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

I don't understand that statement.

It is widely written that the impact on your legs is the equivalent of two and a half times your body weight on every stride, rising to as much as seven times body weight when running fast downhill.

Knee strengthening will make a difference every time you do the exercises and so regular and sustained exercises will be of great benefit.

There is advice in the guide to the plan on minimising impact.

[Goals1 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

This is what I read. ‘A key study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism of overweight and obese adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) found that losing one pound of weight resulted in four pounds of pressure being removed from the knees. In other words, losing just 10 pounds would relieve 40 pounds of pressure from your knees’

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Goals1]

The way you phrased it made it sound as if the impact was required to trigger the weight loss.